Einat Amir

Einat Amir‘s works are in the media of video installations and live performances synthesized with scientific experiments in social psychology and neuroscience. Her art practice examines emotional, social and political aspects of everyday communication between individuals and groups. In her research she focuses on methodologies of collaboration between artists and scientists, proposing an innovative practice, in which both parties are equal forces, allowing themselves and each other the liberties to experiment outside their discipline. 

Amir’s work in the residency In the Wake of the Waves serves as a contemporary reflection on Thomas Mann’s 1940 BBC addresses recorded from his exile in California, transmitting his anti-Nazi stance to his home country via longwave radio. In her project, Amir will amplify the voices of current cultural exiles from different war zones around the world. Through recorded interviews she will explore the unique experiences of these exiled cultural makers — individuals like herself who have left their countries due to profound disagreements with the atrocities committed by their governments during times of conflict, fully aware that their voices may be censored or outlawed by the current regimes. These voices, together with additional video and audio material, will be integrated into a site-specific artwork that will resonate with the historical context of Grimeton while engaging in contemporary dialogues on migration, identity, and cultural translations.

Amir’s artworks have been shown at; MOMA PS1 New York, PERFORMA13 New York, Manifesta 12 Palermo, Palais De Tokyo Paris, MAXXI National Museum of Rome, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art Turkey, NGV Triennial in Melbourne, The 6th Thessaloniki Biennale, Whitechapel Gallery London, The Kitchen New York, Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde, Bergen Kunsthall Norway, Dallas Contemporary Art Center Texas, Fondation D’entreprise Ricard Paris, and Lilith Performance Studio Malmö, among other venues. She is born i Jerusalem, and is since many years based in Finland where she currently holds an Artscience Researcher postdoc position at The Center for Sustainable Ocean Science, Åbo Akademi University.